The teachers and leaders of South Bay Consortium of Adult Education learned about the Science of Learning with Dr. Uncapher in a half-day professional development session. The consortium serves 30,000 adult ed learners throughout the Bay Area. Learn more about them here.

The network's research program was launched today in a pilot study of 80 children (3rd, 5th, and 7th graders) at Seacrest School in Half Moon Bay. The team thanks Laurie Schoeffler for her leadership in setting up the pilot program.

To learn more about the NSF research program on executive function and academic achievement, see the UCSF edneuro website here or email Dr. Uncapher at melina.uncapher@ucsf.edu.

Dr Uncapher spoke with leadership at the George Lucas Education Foundationn--including their research staff and their outreach staff for Edutopia--about the Science of Learning. Keep an eye out for future Ask the Neuroscientist columns on Edutopia by Dr. Uncapher, coming in the summer.

Edutopia is one of the top go-to resources for understanding what works in education. They hold over 24 million conversations per month via their website and social media presence. Find out more about the organization at edutopia.org.

IAN's Dr. Melina Uncapher was a guest of the Santa Clara Rotary Club, invited to give a talk on current education innovations. IAN advises educators on designing education innovation with the brain in mind, and Dr. Uncapher will be starting an educational neuroscience lab at UCSF in summer 2015. Please email education@appliedneuro.org for more information.

IAN's CEO and Director of Research, Dr. Melina Uncapher, spoke today at IFTF's Future of Learning event about the emerging field of educational neuroscience, and how a neuroscientific understanding of learning may shape the future of education.